RIP Bill Buckner
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I loved Billy B.
He was just cool. Not to mention an outstanding hitter AND fielder.
I knew that he was fighting a terrible disease that no one wins. His suffering is thankfully over and so is another piece of my childhood.
RIP friend.
He was just cool. Not to mention an outstanding hitter AND fielder.
I knew that he was fighting a terrible disease that no one wins. His suffering is thankfully over and so is another piece of my childhood.
RIP friend.
One of my all time favorite NFL linemen. Rest in peace my sack master.
Damn 1st base between the legs ground ball Buckner? Good video youtube 2008 bill Buckner honored , its pretty moving
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This Alzheimer's, dementia is just some awful ****. Had an uncle pass away with it. A lady I worked with died last week with it. She was just 62. Very sad.
I'm dealing with it now with my dad. The worst part is that I know that there is no way it is ever going to get better.
It's a shame Buckner was only known for that one ground ball because he was a really good player.
It's a shame Buckner was only known for that one ground ball because he was a really good player.
Buddy, I offer my condolences, as it's a very cruel disease. It is becoming so prevelant, it's scary.
My mother passed away this past February 24th due to complications from dementia. Horrible disease. She was bedridden with a feeding tube in her stomach the last two years. They sometimes have good days, but never get better, only worse.
Bill Buckner was an outstanding baseball player and hitter. He had more hits in his career than the late Ted Williams. Too bad that his career was defined by that one play in the World Series. The media and the Red Sox fans crucified him for it. May he RIP..I remember when he came up through the Dodgers organization.
Very sorry that you and your family are going thru this.
It sucks. I was over there today and was telling him the story of my heart attack 5 years ago. Trust me, he had heard about it before. He was there when I had the 2 stents put it.I had to go over Derby day and put parental controls on the remote controls because he ordered $200 worth of pay per view in a month. It can be hard trying to keep a step ahead of him but the one I really feel sorry for is my mom having to deal with it 24/7. It's a couple hours a day a few days a week for me.
I love Buck and know how good he was, but let’s not put him in the same breath as Ted Williams.
Uh..Ted spent SEVEN years of his baseball prime fighting for our freedoms in World War 2/Korean War.
This makes me so sad I can’t even tell you. I feel for you and your family.
There’s no telling what number of hits he would have ended up with, but he could have put some heat on Cobb’s record at the time. His 1942 and 1946 seasons were just insane. Bold and italic kind of seasons for the Topps baseball card folks out there. Probably at least 750 hits left on the table at minimum between WW2 and Korea. Would’ve been right there with the Babe for homeruns too.
Woulda coulda shoulda ...
I got into baseball big time as a kid when we got cable tv - around 1980-81. Buckner was on the Cubs and I would watch every game on WGN in the afternoons. The Cubs were terrible but Buckner was great. My favorite player for a few years. I'm sure there are many like me, so for him to be defined by the error in 1986 is a real shame.
The Splendid Splinter may be in the Top 3 all time great hitters. He had the smoothest swing and I have heard people say his eyesight was so good he could see the stitches on the ball. I am thankful I saw him play in person.
As for the dreaded Alzheimer's, I have not had it in my family but my wife has and there is nothing worse. One of my friends from childhood has it and she and her husband, son and grandchildren were going to come over for Memorial Day cook out. But the disease flared up over the weekend and she was having a very bad time with it not even knowing her son and grandchildren. She became my wife's best friend in life over the decades and it really stings at your heart to see her and her family suffer.
It truly is an awful disease, more so for the family then it is for the person that has it.